Submitted by s1ngular1ty2 t3_zrxso2 in technology
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bmw3393 t1_j16rcvk wrote
The studio has proprietary removable ssds. I assume the studio will have 0 self service repairs ordered. If you can afford a studio you’ll just send that thing back to get fixed
voidsrus t1_j17cqci wrote
or if you can afford a studio and can find an adapter to NVMe like the older apple ssds had and are willing to open the device up anyway, likely to just install an aftermarket ssd of better capacity for cheaper
KingAoki t1_j172q61 wrote
The the whole process is wild. Not gonna lie, I bet Apple is betting on folks to trash their old product trying to fix it, then only offering a whole-unit replacement with a 15% discount.
Youvebeeneloned t1_j15gwhs wrote
I always find it ironic how people bitch and moan about how hard it is to repair Apple products... yet they probably never touched any of the models we USED to repair in the 90's or early 2000's.
70+ screws in a iBook G4 anyone?
Hell even my iPhone 6s was easier to replace the lightning port than the iPhone 3s screen.
Apples come a long way on making things repairable. Its just you are not buying these parts at your local electronics store which is the complaint... but honestly based on the quality of many of those old 3s screens from China I WOULDNT WANT TO EITHER... they were absolutely trash and to get a Apple equivalent you were maybe saving 10-20 bucks at most.
vaginaldischargelovr t1_j15nmcg wrote
I changed the HDD in a 2012 MacBook for a friend once, took no time at all. My old iBook G4 (I used it until a few years ago)... Well that's still needing a repair lol
bawng t1_j1871jl wrote
You're comparing Apple to Apple only. Even if they became marginally better they still suck compared to the competition (at least for computers) and both they and the competition suck in terms of the environment
sevanteenth t1_j15862u wrote
Well I like it, even if I would rather someone else repaired my devices.
BoricPenguin t1_j15pdc4 wrote
How? No seriously how? The imac sure and it's great they're doing it but the studio HOW?
Wuldn't you need to replace the whole thing? Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought it was just a single board pretty much which isn't really easy to repair.
Like do you have to desolder the individual parts and solder them back on? Or is it just a board swap? Since if it is just a board swap pretty pointless might as well just replace the whole thing.
Not to mention again what can do wrong? Water damage? Since again not easy to fix.